Exclusive: A Ukelele Cover of Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy the Silence'

An old punk teaches us new tricks with Uke-Hunt

Spike Slawson, singer of famed punk-rock cover collective Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, has grabbed a ukulele and struck out on his own, delivering more sensitive tributes to other people's tunes.

From the Carpenters' "Rainy Days and Mondays" and country standard "Green, Green Grass of Home" to Bowie's "The Prettiest Star" and, premiering here, Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence," Uke-Hunt spans genres and delivers ten tracks re-imagined as only Slawson can. With reverence, and also often notably lacking the sideways smirk of a Gimme Gimmes record.

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Slawson had this to say about "Enjoy the Silence":

"We chose this song because of its beautiful verses expressing universal sentiment, couched in Eurotrash motif. We couch Ameritrash."